Essential Question: How does governments and leaders use censorship to wield, maintain, and enforce their power over society, businesses, and individuals?
Task: Research the following links and complete the guiding questions worksheet. After completing the questions based on the China censorship video, read the articles and create a presentation showing how various governments and leaders around the world use censorship and propaganda as a tool to maintain and enforce their power, laws, etc.
Be sure to include:
1. What countries use censorship?
2. What type of government/political structure they have? (communist, dictator, oligarchy, monarchy, military dictatorship, democracy, theocracy, etc.)
2. How they use censorship (what media outlets/types do they block)?
3. What happens to people who violate the censorship?
4. What type of propaganda do these governments and leaders use to sway people's viewpoints?
5. How does limiting the spread of ideas help governments keep power?
6. How do individuals 'get around' the censorship?
Essential Question: How does governments and leaders use censorship to wield, maintain, and enforce their power over society, businesses, and individuals?
Task: Research the following links and complete the guiding questions worksheet. After completing the questions based on the China censorship video, read the articles and create a presentation showing how various governments and leaders around the world use censorship and propaganda as a tool to maintain and enforce their power, laws, etc.
Be sure to include:
1. What countries use censorship?
2. What type of government/political structure they have? (communist, dictator, oligarchy, monarchy, military dictatorship, democracy, theocracy, etc.)
2. How they use censorship (what media outlets/types do they block)?
3. What happens to people who violate the censorship?
4. What type of propaganda do these governments and leaders use to sway people's viewpoints?
5. How does limiting the spread of ideas help governments keep power?
6. How do individuals 'get around' the censorship?
China Censorship Video
Turkey's Online Censorship article
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